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on the immigration issue, obviously, the pressure on this from immigration reform advocates is not the sort of thing that gets a lot of credit in the beltway, but i think it's very emotionally compelling stuff that they've been doing, including a lot of personal pressure on leaders like john boehner. and john boehner says he wants to find a way to do immigration reform. he had had this demand that it couldn't be comprehensive, it had to be piecemeal. democrats now agree to that. do you have any sense for whether he's just blowing smoke or whether he does actually expect that to happen? >> i think he'd rather see it happen than not happen, but i don't think it's a huge deal to him. you can sort of take it or leave it. come january, and increasingly in february and march, a lot of the key filing deadlines for tea party challengers to get on the ballot pass, so that means you're going to have a lot of house republicans who up until now have been unwilling to do anything on immigration because they don't want to draw a primary challenger, but very soon, it will be impossible for there to b
on the immigration issue, obviously, the pressure on this from immigration reform advocates is not the sort of thing that gets a lot of credit in the beltway, but i think it's very emotionally compelling stuff that they've been doing, including a lot of personal pressure on leaders like john boehner. and john boehner says he wants to find a way to do immigration reform. he had had this demand that it couldn't be comprehensive, it had to be piecemeal. democrats now agree to that. do you have any...
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new jersey governor chris christie is forcefully denying that he's flipped his position on immigration. he ran his 2013 re-election campaign in support of legislation to provide instate tuition for young, undocumented students. the legislation commonly known as the dream act is about to be sent to his desk by the state legislature. but now, the governor says it goes too far and is refusing to sign it. on sunday, "the star ledger," new jersey's largest newspaper, accused christie of flip-flopping. the editorial board cited his 2016 presidential ambitions. >>> the republican-led house is expected to approve a ten-year extension today to an existing ban on plastic guns. these are weapons made from so-called 3d printers that go undetected by metal detectors. democrats say they'll back the plan, but some say they favor making that ban permanent. >>> washington, d.c.'s mayor could have a bumpy road towards re-election. embattled democrat vincent bray said monday that he'll run for a second term next year. four of his high-level aides have pleaded guilty to felonies, including two who receive
new jersey governor chris christie is forcefully denying that he's flipped his position on immigration. he ran his 2013 re-election campaign in support of legislation to provide instate tuition for young, undocumented students. the legislation commonly known as the dream act is about to be sent to his desk by the state legislature. but now, the governor says it goes too far and is refusing to sign it. on sunday, "the star ledger," new jersey's largest newspaper, accused christie of...
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potentially, i still hold out hope that will come the spring, there's going to be some progress on immigration because they understand it needs to be done. there's a desire to get it done. that way they can go home next fall and say we did finally tackle that big issue. whether or not they resolve it with the senate we'll see. i believe they will eventually get to it so they can say we tried tackling that one also based on the fact that most of the nation wanted them to do it. >> it's all good. thank you both. >> bye, alex. >> come by to see the tree. >> it's beautiful right outside. see you. the fight for a living wage in america. what will congress do to help millions of minimum wage workers? i'll ask california congress woman, maxine waters. while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammat
potentially, i still hold out hope that will come the spring, there's going to be some progress on immigration because they understand it needs to be done. there's a desire to get it done. that way they can go home next fall and say we did finally tackle that big issue. whether or not they resolve it with the senate we'll see. i believe they will eventually get to it so they can say we tried tackling that one also based on the fact that most of the nation wanted them to do it. >> it's all...
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he was an glesh immigrant to america. actually went to fran and played an important part in their revolution or in making the case for it to the ghesh speaking world and really made a case for believeing that reason could lead to progress. he was a great believer in the promise of the enlighten. . edward burke, an english statesman, a member of parliament made the case that you can't just start over from scratch. you can't expect pure reason, abstract reason to lead you to the good society. you have as to start from where yoir society puts you. you have to think about what change means in practice and social life. how to make it livable. how to take your society as it is and improve it rather than think you can do better from scratch. >> there are conservatives, though, people who identify themselves as conservatives today who may relate temperamentally more than payne and burke and be offended by the fact that burke like russell kirk, like william f. buckley said you take the world as you find it and you try to make it b
he was an glesh immigrant to america. actually went to fran and played an important part in their revolution or in making the case for it to the ghesh speaking world and really made a case for believeing that reason could lead to progress. he was a great believer in the promise of the enlighten. . edward burke, an english statesman, a member of parliament made the case that you can't just start over from scratch. you can't expect pure reason, abstract reason to lead you to the good society. you...